Ajinkya Rahane put on standby as Rohit Sharma gets set to appear for yo-yo test

Ajinkya Rahane might be recalled to the Indian team in the limited-overs format if Rohit Sharma fails to clear the yo-yo test as he has been put on standby by BCCI. All the members who are part of the team for England tour have undergone the test and Rohit is the only player who is yet to appear for the test at NCA.

As per reports, Ajinkya Rahane has been put on standby and he will be drafted in the Indian team if Rohit Sharma fails to clear the yo-yo test.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI

Rohit Sharma, team India's vice-captain in the limited-overs format, is in line to be replaced by Ajinkya Rahane in the limited-overs squad for England tour as he has been kept on standby by BCCI, a report in India Today suggests. It is to be noted that Rohit is yet to clear the yo-yo test, a mandatory test which a player has to clear so as to retain his place in the Indian team.

A failure in clearing the test recently saw Mohammed Shami and Ambati Rayudu being dropped from the national team. They were replaced by Navdeep Saini and Suresh Raina respectively. There are many other players who lost their place in the team as they could not achieve the desired mark.

Should Rohit fail to achieve the desired standard, the BCCI will have no option but to drop him from the Indian team for the tour of England. If recalled to the national team, Rahane might be asked to open the innings along with Shikhar Dhawan, a job which he has done quite well in past.

He was surprisingly dropped from the ODI side for the England tour as selectors decided to retain Shreyas Iyer. Even after Rayudu was ruled out, the selectors went back to Raina, who played his last ODI in 2015.

A recall to the ODI team will surely put Rahane back in the plans for 2019 World Cup to be played in England.

Meanwhile, Sandeep Patil, former India batsman and Chief of the selection panel, has asked for giving two chances to cricketers. In a talk with The Times of India, Patil said that a player should not be dropped the way BCCI has been doing.

“Like in Test cricket, where a player is given two innings to prove himself, even in the case of Yo-Yo tests, he should be given two chances. If a player isn’t able to clear the test, give him another crack at it a few hours later, or the next day. There could be many reasons why Ambati Rayudu failed the Yo-Yo test that day," he said.

He added, "A player may not be mentally there. You’re talking about the career of a player. He has performed well for the whole year in domestic cricket, and in half-an-hour, you’ll decide whether he’d go on the tour or not. You don’t drop players like this."

Ajinkya Rahane put on standby as Rohit Sharma gets set to appear for yo-yo testDescription:Ajinkya Rahane might be recalled to the Indian team in the limited-overs format if Rohit Sharma fails to clear the yo-yo test as he has been put on standby by BCCI. All the members who are part of the team for England tour have undergone the test and Rohit is the only player who is yet to appear for the test at NCA.Times Now